too many mediocre ideas!

wow - my brain's roasting. i'm beginning to second-guess my choice for a literary topic, i'm going nuts trying to find the right angle. and that's after two pieces of advice... very frustrating.

i finally went over the definitions for i/o efficient heap and tournament tree, which don't seem too complicated to implement... although my understanding's a bit fuzzy right now. it's been a while since i last opened my algorithms book :P

the day itself was ugly. the early wakeup, the shuttle, the lunch that wouldn't go down, janitorial duty again... the only good things were paying back a loan, receiving an email from my mom (based on this bear, with the moral of the story being when you're in big trouble... take a nap and things will work out [select text to view]) and finishing up version 1 of the section's virtual magic eightball.

at least i have interesting things weighing on my mind :)